A kindhearted, innocent daughter of a military family endures the fall of her country and the destruction of her family, the man she loves marrying someone else, a prominent family's heiress plotting against her, and a torrid romance with an unhinged emperor. Then she joins forces with a court minister, seizes power, and becomes an empress who rules an era.
A devoted, down-and-out prince × an unhinged, amorous empress × an unhinged, devoted emperor × a ruthless heiress from a powerful family × a cool, devoted court minister